TY - JOUR
AU - Hameed, Safraj Shahul
AU - Hall, Elliott
AU - Grange, Zoe
AU - Sullivan, Christopher
AU - Kennedy, Sharon
AU - Ritchie, Lewis D.
AU - Agrawal, Utkarsh
AU - Simpson, Colin R.
AU - Shah, Syed Ahmar
AU - Rudan, Igor
AU - McCowan, Colin
AU - Murray, Josephine-Louise K.
AU - Robertson, Chris
AU - Sheikh, Aziz
PY - 2022
DA - September
TI - Characterising adults in Scotland who are not vaccinated against COVID-19
JO - The Lancet
EP - 995
VL - 400
IS - 10357
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01653-1
AB - By Aug 10, 2022, 3 497 208 of the estimated 4·4 million adults living in Scotland had received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. However, a proportion of the adult population remains unvaccinated (defined as no record of any vaccine being administered) and susceptible to severe COVID-19 outcomes. Characterising this population can help to understand gaps in vaccine coverage and determinants of vaccine hesitancy and could support targeted public health messaging. Unlike the vaccinated population, on whom information is gathered at the point of vaccination, current estimates of the unvaccinated population are calculated using general practitioner (GP) records. However, complications arise because GP records can include people who have moved away from Scotland; estimates suggest that GP records contain a population 8% greater than National Records of Scotland population estimates.
PB - Elsevier
UR - https://publichealthscotland.scot/id/98519
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Immunisation and screening
ER